Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Hill Country Herald Page 13
ORLANDO FLORIDA…THE WORST and is now attacking him unfairly. EarMASS SHOOTING IN US HISTORY— lier in the day, in Tampa, Fla., Trump Scores of people were killed and many called Romney “a stone cold loser.” more were wounded in the shooting at a SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Few gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Fifty people who’ve had the opportunity dead and scores wounded in Orlando to experience augmented reality have by Omar Mateen, 29, a New York-born questioned its relevance or potential. By Elaine Padgett Carnegie Once you’ve tried something like resident of St. Lucie, Fla., who worked for the security firm G4S and had twice Microsoft’s HoloLens, it’s hard not to been investigated. The FBI is leading get excited about the impact it could the investigation. Special Agent Ronald Hopper said Mateen have. The problem is how to bring those capabilities to the made allusions to the Islamic State in a communication with mainstream. Most augmented reality and virtual reality headlaw enforcement at some point before he was killed by police. sets are known to be (or expected to be) pretty expensive for Hopper said agents had investigated Mateen in 2013 and again the next few years. Plus, the truth is, not everyone is excited to in 2014 regarding terror threats, but in both cases insufficient put something on their head and wear it for an extended period evidence was found to pursue charges. The suspect’s father, of time. Mir Seddique, told NBC News on Sunday that he was shocked AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The office of Texas Lieutenant by the news, but that his son had recently expressed anti-gay Governor Dan Patrick, a Republican and evangelical Chrissentiments. Seddique said the attack “had nothing to do with tian, on Sunday deleted a tweet many saw as offensive and religion.” “The place where they were attacked was more than insensitive that was sent out shortly after the deadly attack on a nightclub, it was a place of solidarity, empowerment, where a gay nightclub in Florida. “Do not be deceived: God cannot people come together to raise awareness,” he said. Gov. Rick be mocked. A man reaps what he sows,” read the Bible verse Scott declared a state of emergency for Orange County. “You Patrick sent out on his official Twitter account a few hours don’t want this to happen anywhere in the world,” Scott said. after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history that left at least “It’s devastating when you see how many people lost their lives 50 dead. His office was not immediately available for comment and the impact on the families.” Muhammad Musri, president but has told local media, including the Dallas Morning News, of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, thanked law enforce- that the tweet had been scheduled for release well before the ment officials for their efforts and cautioned against any rush to shooting. The office, which regularly sends out a Bible verse judgment. on Sundays, has since deleted it and replaced with another pasMOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The presumptive 2016 Republisage, they said. can presidential nominee hit a couple of potential swing states CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State’s Amaq news agency said on Saturday to strike back at his critics — including the 2012 Sunday that the Islamist militant group was responsible for the Republican presidential nominee. In travels to Florida and shooting that killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay Pennsylvania, Donald Trump attacked Mitt Romney and others nightclub in Orlando, Florida. “The armed attack that targeted who say the businessman’s “trickle-down racism” and harsh a gay night club in the city of Orlando in the American state of comments about women will drag the GOP down to defeat Florida which left over 100 people dead or injured was carried in the November election against Democrat Hillary Clinton. out by an Islamic State fighter,” Amaq said. (Reporting by Ali Romney “choked like a dog” in his 2012 loss to President Abdelaty; Writing by Ahmed Aboulenein; Editing by Kevin Obama, Trump told supporters at the airport near Pittsburgh, Liffey)
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With the abundance of rainfall over the last few weeks we may be out of this persistent drought, but I for one am hesitant to say it has broken and is over I know how brutal the summer months can be. Continue to be conservative with your watering of gardens and lawns; only water in the mornings and evening when the wind is calmer and the sun does not cause the water to evaporate immediately. Lawns do not need to be watered every day, every third or fourth day is sufficient to keep the lawn green, growing and healthy. Watering the lawn on a daily basis sets you up for disease issues and shallow rooting which makes your lawn more apt to be harmed by the heat.Flows at all crossings on the Frio River were taken on June 7th. Fulgham’s Crossing just south of the Alto Frio Baptist Encampment had a flow of 25,215 gpm last measurement and now has a flow of 92,675 gpm; this is about a 4X increase. All of the culverts at this crossing were flowing at near full capacity without any water going over the top of the roadway. It sure would be great for this to last all summer. The Leakey Springs crossing had a flow of 4,751 gpm last measurement, and a flow of 7,159 gpm this reading; nearly doubling since the last measurement. This crossing had one culvert that was partially blocked but the couple of rises have cleared the debris. The Mill Creek Crossing showed a 2.5X increase in flow since the last measurement; there are culverts on the south end of this crossing that continue to have no flow; but it appears that they had a little flow last week but that it was short lived. This crossing has a flow of 35,228 gpm this measurement which is up from the last measurement of 16,234 gpm. This is one crossing that had some large trees come down river and I was not able to move the logs due to their size and the amount of water pushing them against the crossing. I also took the flow measurement at Frio River Place this time and it is very similar to the reading taken up river at Fulgham’s Crossing. The flow was 34,613 gpm last measurement and the flow this week was up about 3.5X at 118,083 gpm. I expect all of these crossings to be flowing considerably lower and slower when I go back to take measurements in a couple of weeks. On the west prong of the Frio River, the Rancho Real crossing had a flow of 26,813 gpm this reading compared to a flow of 9,362 gpm last measurement for an increase of about 3X. The Kent Creek crossing showed an increase in flow since the last measurement with a flow of 3,907 gpm this month up from a flow of 2,856 gpm last measurement. These two crossings react quickly to the water coming down stream and then clear relatively quickly as well. I know the water was over Highway 336 at the Kent Creek Crossing a couple of times over the last week for short durations but the water receded quickly enough that everyone that lives up RR 336 made it home. Now some residents that live back in the Rancho Real subdivision may not have been able to get home as easily. There are a few crossings entering the subdivision that probably had water over them for a longer duration. Remember don’t try crossing any of these locations if the water is higher than normal. Your life is too precious
to not wait a little longer to get to the house. The Nueces River flows were taken on June 8th and also showed higher than normal flows as a result of the rain activity over the last week and a half. McDonalds Crossing was flowing at 138,809 gpm last measurement and decreased to a flow of 90,699 gpm this measurement or a decrease of about 35%. This was the only crossing that showed a decrease in flow but it is still well above the normal flow for this area. The Nueces River Dam on Highway 55 south of Camp Wood had a flow of 106,717 gpm last reading and this measurement the culverts had a flow of 128,756 gpm or about a 17% increase. There was a tiny trickle of water going over the top of the crossing on Tuesday morning but I drove back out on Wednesday and the water level had dropped about 4 inches in 24 hours. This crossing looks amazing right now with a ton of water flowing over the dam. A word of warning - keep small pets and children away from the culverts at this crossing as there is still a lot of water going through them and they could easily suck kids and pets in. For those of you that live in the northern portion of Edwards County near Telegraph here are the latest flow measurements for the crossings in your area. It appears that a lot of water went through this area with loads of debris along the fences and some wind damaged trees in the area. Both of the crossings had debris on the upriver side of the crossings and it took a while to remove the tree limbs and sediment deposits; but by the time I left nearly all culverts were flowing “normally”. The first crossing on Highway 377 near Telegraph had a flow of 37,464 gpm two weeks ago and has nearly doubled to a flow of 65,026 gpm. The second crossing on Highway 377 near the Evergreen School had a flow of 42,005 gpm two weeks ago when I last checked the flow and now has a flow of 64,686 gpm or an increase of about 35%. There is a ton a water flowing down the South Llano now, but like the Frio and Nueces if we do not get regular rainfall events I think the flows will start dropping over the next few weeks.
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